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Re: legOS
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Date: 
Fri, 27 Nov 1998 04:57:13 GMT
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Dave <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote:
Firmware isn't software???  Go way back when and see what happend to bring
about the IBM PC clone.  The BIOS reverse engineering and why MACs haven't
been cloned.

I don't think whether license agreements/intellectual property rights apply
to firmware is being questioned. Just whether the license provided by Lego
even says anything at all about the firmware.

--
Matthew Miller                      --->                  mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us                       --->             http://quotes-r-us.org/



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(...) Firmware isn't software??? Go way back when and see what happend to bring about the IBM PC clone. The BIOS reverse engineering and why MACs haven't been cloned. Firmware *is* software, placed in a chip instead of 'normal' media (26 years ago, 26-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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